Germany: "Despite sanctions Russia still sixth biggest economy in the world" says Ulyakaev

Video ID: 20141125-039 M/S Russian Minister of Economy Alexey Ulyukaev arriving at the House of Commerce of Stuttgart W/S Alexey Ulyukaev walking to podium SOT, Alexey Ulyukaev, Russian Minister of Economy ( Russian):"Reasonable people when seeing problems try to solve them. We can not ignore problems and each other. It's our destiny to come to an agreement, to pass through this hard way and get a result. " M/S Audience *CUTAWAY* SOT, Alexey Ulyukaev, Russian Minister of Economy (Russian): "We are living through a difficult situation however fundamental principals of our economy remain sustainable. Russia is still the sixth biggest economy in the world, with the smallest public debt among the developing states, with a sustainable budget. This year we have made up a budget with a surplus. This budget is very well protected from such a dramatic economic decline on the world markets we are witnessing now." W/S Audience *CUTAWAY* SOT, Alexey Ulyukaev, Russian Minister of Economy (Russian): "In my opinion the time when irrational political decisions, contradicting the interests of national economy, have been made is now over. And we by our mutual actions should provide additional proves to that fact." W/S Russian Minister of Economy Alexey Ulyukaev speaking *CUTAWAY* SCRIPT The Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, Alexey Ulyukaev, delivered a report at the 'Perspectives on economic relations with Russia' conference in Stuttgart, Tuesday. Speaking on the attractiveness of the Russian economy, Ulyakaev said that the Russian economy is sustainable and has had a positive surplus this year despite the worsening of the situation in the world markets. Commenting on the economic sanctions imposed on Russia, Ulyukaev expressed his hope that the time of politically motivated decision by Europe that contradict European economic interests would end. He called on his European partners to work together to solve problems. Held in Stuttgart's Chamber of Commerce, the event was organised to discuss the current and future status of economic and trade relations between Baden-Württemberg and Russia, which organisers of the event say are facing a "severe endurance test" following the European Union imposing sanctions on Russia. Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Ruptly Twitter: http://twitter.com/Ruptly LiveLeak: http://www.liveleak.com/c/Ruptly Google Plus: http://google.com/+RuptlyTV Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/Ruptly YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/RuptlyTV DailyMotion: http://www.dailymotion.com/ruptly Video on Demand: http://www.ruptly.tv